New Mexico's Science Standards Do not Support the
Concept of "Teach the Controversy"
Marshall Berman and David Thomas
When ID proponents failed to change science education
standards, they tried to spin the committee's decision.
Carl Baugh ... Archaeologist?
Christopher O'Brien
When an activist opposes the inflated credentials of pseudoscientists
in Northern California, he is in for a pleasant surprise.
Divine Design in Utah?
Glenn Branch
A state legislators keeps threatening to insert religion into
the science curriculum.
Creationists Sue the University of California
Glenn Branch
At stake: can a university enforce standards concerning
pre-college academic preparation?
President Bush Addresses "Intelligent Design"
Glenn Branch
Recent comments show the President's take on science.
Updates
News from California, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania,
and Texas.
NCSE NEWS
News from the Membership
Glenn Branch
A sampling of our members' activities and accomplishments.
FEATURES
The Ugly Underside of Altruism
David P Barash
If our genes promote altruism toward closely related others,
can they also promote antipathy to those most different?
The Accidental Creationists: Why Evolutionary
Psychology is Bad for the Teaching of Evolution
James Miles
If genes encode our behaviors, then why does evolutionary
psychology shy away from some obvious conclusions?
Evolution and the Biology of Morality
Douglas Allchin
How can we use evolution to understand the emergence of
behaviors that we would consider "moral"?
Bush Science Is a Dangerous Slope
The editors of Indian Country Today
The editors of a leading Native American newspaper ponder
the President's take on science and religion.
Bird Flu, Bush, Evolution — and Us
Steven Salzberg
The evolving strains of influenza virus demonstrate
evolution in action.
Evolution is a Winner — for Breakthroughs and
Prizes
James McCarter
How many of the last 50 Nobel Prizes in Medicine are
based on research informed by and based on evolutionary
theory?
MEMBERS' PAGES
Would We All Behave Like Animals?
William Thwaites
If we accept our evolutionary roots, are we "just" animals?
Books: Evolutionary Psychology: Sic et Non
Books that explore the concepts and critiques of
evolutionary psychology.
NCSE On the Road
An NCSE speaker may be coming to your
neighborhood. Check the calendar here.
Letters: Steve Bratteng's 13 Answers
BOOK REVIEWS
Speciation
by Jerry A Coyne and H Allen Orr
Reviewed by Norman A Johnson
Law, Darwinism, and Public Education
by Francis J Beckwith
Reviewed by Todd Mollan, Bradley J Consentino
and Jason J Williams
Why is a Fly not a Horse?
by Giuseppe Sermonti
Reviewed by Andrea Bottaro
Faith-Based Government: The Republican War on Science
by Chris Mooney
Reviewed by Robert L Park
Paradigms on Pilgrimage
by Stephen J Godfrey and Christopher R Smith
Reviewed by Daryl P Domning
The Trial of John T Scopes
by Steven P Olson
Reviewed by Glenn Branch
Evolution, Creationism, and Other Modern Myths
by Vine Deloria Jr
Reviewed by H David Brumble
Glimpses of the Wonderful
by Ann Thwaite
Reviewed by Robert Ackerman
The Piltdown Forgery
by Joseph S Weiner
Reviewed by Jim Foley
Controversy, Catastrophism, and Evolution
by Trevor Palmer
Reviewed by Hiram Caton
